Fish of the Scophthalmus genus of the Scophthalmidae (turbots) family of the Pleuronectoidei suborder of the Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes) order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Turbot. Photo by © Luc Viatour. commons.wikimedia.org)
Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778).
It lives at the depth of 20-70 meters. It prefers to swim near the sandy and rocky bottom. The maximum recorded length is 100 cm; specimens up to 50 cm long are more common. The maximum weight is 25 kg. It feeds mainly on small fish, less often on large crustaceans and mollusks.
(Turbot. Photo by © Trevor Meyer. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) in other languages are as follows:
Shkotra (Albanian), Калкан (Kalkan) (Bulgarian), Nagy rombuszhal (Hungarian), Tarbot (Dutch), Καλκάνι (Kaljkáni) (Greek), Rodaballo (Spanish), Rombo chiodato (Italian), Steinbutt (German), Pregado (Portuguese), Skarp czarnomorski (Polish), Тюрбо (Tjurbo), Большой ромб (Boljshoj romb) (Russian), Rumb, Rumbač kvrgaš (Serbian, Croatian), Veliki romb (Slovenian), Kalkan balığı (Turkish), Turbot (French), Pakambala velká (Czech).